Famous for her role as Nonnie in the 90s superhit show Hip Hip Hurray, Kishwer Merchant has always lived life on her terms defying opinions. From marrying a younger guy to becoming a proud mother in her 40s, the actor has always broken stereotypes like a boss. In a recent chat, Kishwer Merchant opened up about marrying her husband Suyyash Rai who is eight years younger than her and how his mother initially had a problem with their union.
Kishwer Merchant On Marrying A Younger Guy
Kishwer Merchant recently made an appearance on Debina Bonnerjee’s chat show and talked about her life experiences of being a mother. In one segment the actor said that she is a Muslim girl who married a Hindu guy. However, religion never became a problem for the as her husband’s sister was already married to a Muslim guy. She revealed that it was actually the age factor which ended up becoming a problem for Suyyash Rai’s family.
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She shared that her husband’s mother was sceptical about their relationship initially. Having said that, she also revealed that now that she is also a mother, she understood what Rai’s mother might have thought. She revealed that if one day her son also says that he is dating a girl who was 8 years older than him, she would be shocked too and would question it. Taking the conversation further she said that in this day and age, it is normal to do this, but when she did it, it wasn’t so common. Citing Priyanka Chopra Jonas’ example who is also married to a younger guy, she said that there were not many women who took this path. She also revealed that it was Suyyash Rai who convinced his family to marry her.
Kishwer Merchant welcomed her first baby in her forties with a natural pregnancy and became an inspiration and ray of hope for many. In the podcast, she said that she was never worried about pregnancy and wasn’t even considering getting pregnant. She said that she wasn’t even aware of this for 2 months. Just when they told their families that they were happy dog parents, god blessed them with a child.